TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004 Volume 3, Issue 178 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues Outcome of FANTASY 5 5 13 20 30 28 DAILY 3 Afternoon picks: 9 4 3 arson trial in Evening picks: 9 4 4 DAILY DERBY 1st Place: 03 Hot Shot 2nd Place: 01 Gold Rush hands of jury 3rd Place: 11 Money Bags Race Time: 1:47.70 Local business owner awaits verdict

NEWS OF BY JOHN WOOD THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepard Daily Press Staff Writer A 21-year-old man and his LAX COURTHOUSE — Lawyers made their final teenage accomplice were arguments Monday in the trial of Anthony Wayne Smith, arrested in Austin, Minn., in an ex-Raider accused of setting fire to a Santa Monica April, after allegedly burglarizing furniture and antique store in a calculated act of rage. the Tendermade Restaurant; offi- Prosecutors alleged Smith, 36, lit the blaze with ama- cers called to the scene noticed that the cash register tape had teur fire bombs after arguing with the business owner come unspooled outside, and over the value of an item he left to be sold on consign- they followed the 100-foot-long ment. Smith, a defensive end with the Raiders in both roll into some bushes, where the Los Angeles and Oakland, maintained his innocence and two were hiding. And in accused police of conducting a weak investigation. Honolulu, in April, Gavin Bolosan, At the core of the case are a handful of partially burnt 26, was arrested and charged pieces of mail bearing Smith’s name and address. The with stealing a woman's purse papers were stuffed into five-gallon water jugs, which and using her credit card at a were then filled with gasoline, lit on fire and thrown into Longs drugstore (but he was the store, investigators said. caught after he filled out the The February 2003 fire gutted Simply Sofas and Lona Longs credit card ID form with Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press his own name and address). Antiques, conjoined stores on the 2300 block of Lincoln Nancy Reagan walks with her children, Patti Davis and Ron Reagan, toward a Boulevard. Property damage has been estimated at THOUGHT OF makeshift memorial outside of a Santa Monica funeral home on Monday. The Reagan THE DAY $900,000 and merchandise lost in the blaze at about $1.2 family spent a few minutes outside of the mortuary before heading to the Simi Valley. million. The buildings have stood vacant since the fire, Never take life though signs have advertised them as available to rent. seriously. Nobody gets “It is a revenge fire,” said Deputy District Attorney out alive anyway. Ronald Reagan begins Jean Daly, who paced back and forth in front of the jury box, jabbing her hand into the air. “The littlest things in INDEX the world can set off the worst consequences — and this his final farewell journey is the perfect example.” Horoscopes Owner Marilyn Nelson, 56, sat in the courtroom By staff and wire reports love that they have. I told her that their Don’t count on an early night, Gem . . . .2 love will last for all eternity.” See TRIAL, page 4 MID CITY — Nancy Reagan on Peggy Sheffey, 85, said she drove to Monday morning intently studied the Local the funeral home from the nearby Mar messages left in her husband’s memory Vista area to “just feel closer” to the man $485K to be spent outside a local funeral home before she had never seen in person. Senior Day coming your way ...... 3 retrieving her husband’s body. “He’s a wonderful man,” she said, Mrs. Reagan, accompanied by choking back tears. “He was so real, tonight at City Hall daugther Patti and son Ron, as well as Opinion absolutely real. Down to earth. He didn’t (Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that other family members, paused on her just think of himself. He thought of way into the funeral home as she passed tracks the city’s expenditures which appear on the Letters to the editor ...... 6 everybody else.” a display of impromptu remembrances. upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Once at Ronald Reagan Presidential Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City American flags, flowers and jars of jelly Library in Simi Valley, the mourning Council with little or no discussion from elected officials Mommy Page beans — Reagan’s favorite treat — were wife and former first lady touched her or the public. However, many of the items have been part left along with notes, stuffed animals and cheek to the flag-covered casket, then of public discussion in the past). A 9-month workout plan ...... 8 candles in the spontaneous shrine. made way for Americans by the thou- Mrs. Reagan, 82, read some of the sands to pay respects to Ronald Reagan By Daily Press staff Classifieds messages. “Thank you for changing the before a cross-country journey to a state world,” said one handwritten note. funeral in Washington. COUNCIL CHAMBERS — The $485,363 in spend- Get classy with it ...... 13 Roxanne Kubicek, 42, gave officers A steady, near-silent stream of people ing expected tonight can be interpreted as standard gov- guarding the mortuary a card for Mrs. — some saluting, some praying — cir- ernment expenditures: Parking meters, consultants, a Reagan. cled through the rotunda of the Ronald dump truck, employee insurance and costs associated People in the News “I just wished her lots and lots of with transporting prisoners from jail to the courthouse. love,” she said. “I admired the beautiful See REAGAN, page 10 A highway to hell ...... 16 See CONSENT, page 4 Features Summer Music GABY SCHKUD THE UNDER $10 The name you can depend on! Classes! Sign up now Serving sellers and buyers DINNER SPECIAL on the Westside. Served from 4pm - 10pm (310) 453-1928 2444 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 102 1433 Wilshire Blvd at 15th St 1901 SANTA MONICA BLVD. Santa Monica, CA 90403

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Outlook: On Wednesday we’ll see the NW swell water Is: a.m. to 1 p.m. A swim cap is required for water exercise classes. Exercise classes start to lose steam and back down into the waist-chest high range at the good breaks, along with some shoulder-plus sets at standout spots. Look require appropriate attire and for the NW energy to continue to slowly taper off through the second half tennis shoes. of the week. New S swell (180-195) will be on the rise with waist-shoul- Four seminars will be der high surf at the better S exposed breaks and sets to head high-plus offered, starting at 11 a.m. and at standout spots. the last one will meet at 2 p.m. Write us at [email protected] and tell us what the surf is doing ..° Admission is free. today at your local break. 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No. He was unlucky — he was Prosecutors said Nelson was eliminated as purely unlucky,” Daly added. “Had he a suspect in the investigation, mostly been thinking without revenge he would because she was underinsured. have thought, ‘I need to grab other paper A fraternity brother of Smith’s, along and put it in the bomb.’” with more than a dozen religious leaders Houchin rebutted Daly’s claim that the and friends from St. Augustine’s By-the- trash would have been collected, saying the Sea, an Episcopalian Church on Fourth dumpsters were locked and the boxes may Street in downtown Santa Monica, came to have been overlooked by trash collectors. show support for Smith. Smith and his He also raised a series of questions, mostly wife Teresa, who have three children, were targeting Santa Monica Police Department regular church goers and active volunteers. Sgt. Robert Almada, the lead investigator in Michael Houchin, Smith’s lawyer, the case. Houchin accused Almada of leav- accused investigators of focusing solely ing key details out of his report and of The Spirit of Old World on Smith and said there’s no way the busi- immediately putting Smith on the defensive ness dispute would prompt arson. during two taped interrogations in July of Mexico Comes to the Westside “My client is not guilty of this terrible 2003 at police headquarters. offense,” said Houchin, who stood at a One of the details that became an issue CREPA DE LANGOSTA YUCATECA podium and shuffled yellow legal papers, late in the week-long case is a 1996 North Join us for a lively and speaking in a light Southern drawl. Carolina house fire that killed Smith’s sophisticated mexican “There is no motive for him to do any- step-mother and step-sister, and left his dining experience. thing, anything like that. What you’ve father severely burned. Smith argued he heard is he’s the suspect from Jump Street told Almada about the fire during question- ... 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If convicted, Smith Daly contested Smith’s version of faces a maximum of nine years in prison. events, accusing him of not remembering Smith has been held in lieu of $1 million AGreat Place To Anchor key details about the workers he hired, bond at the Twin Towers jail in downtown and adding the trash would have been Los Angeles since his July 2003 arrest. picked up at least once between his Jan. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge 28 visit to the store and the Feb. 13 fire. Great Food...Great Cocktails...Great Crew... GREAT FUN!! Keith Schwartz, who is presiding over the She maintained the fire was lit after a dis- case at the Airport Courthouse near LAX, pute between Nelson and Smith occurred urged lawyers earlier in the trial not to over a Washington Monument statue he drag out their cases, because of juror con- left at the store. The statue, which was flicts. At the start of trial, officials estimat- worth several hundred dollars, ended up ed a verdict would be delivered by jurors broken. Neither side took responsibility. no later than Wednesday of this week. “What is the purpose of this arson? To “There could be a lot of deliberations send a message that, ‘No, you are going to on a case like this, because there’s a pay for the full amount. I was right. You mountain of evidence,” Judge Schwartz were wrong, Mrs. Nelson,’” Daly told the said Thursday. Consultants have more work

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Because of countywide cut- The City Council is expected tonight to backs, no criminal cases will be heard at the approve an agreement with the Los Angeles HONEY DAVIS Santa Monica Courthouse as of June 11, and County Sheriff’s Department to transport no cover! no cover! virtually all criminal case hearings involv- the prisoners. The annual cost for the pro- ing SMPD arrestees will occur at the Airport posed agreement includes $67,000 for basic KARAOKE! 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Since the transfer of all SMPD arrestee criminal hear- cantly impact the SMPD’s ability to perform its core City Hall currently provides most of its employees ings to the Airport Courthouse will begin June 14, addi- functions, city staff said. Additionally, SMPD personnel with life and long-term disability insurance benefits. tional costs will be incurred for the current month, city who would be implementing the new court services pro- When City Hall entered into an agreement with Hartford staff said. Those costs are estimated to be no more than gram would not have the years of experience and the Life Insurance Company, Hartford provided a guaranteed $7,500 — approximately $5,600 for basic prisoner trans- extensive support system that the sheriff’s department rate for three years, with a total savings of $165,000 over portation services, $400 for any extra services such as already has for prisoner transfers, city staff said. the previous carrier. The contract stipulated that the total transportation of a prisoner to a location other than the Under the terms the agreement, the sheriff’s depart- amount of the agreement would not exceed $615,000 for Airport Courthouse, and approximately $1,500 for the ment would make one pick-up at SMPD on each court each year. The cost of premiums are, in part, based on eli- one-time expense of providing additional security equip- date to transport both male and female pre-arraignment gible employees’ earnings and on the number of employ- ment needed for initiation of the new service. misdemeanants, felons, and Santa Monica warrant ees in each bargaining unit covered. Since 2002, the With three different alternatives in front of them, city arrestees to the Airport Courthouse. The typical sheriff’s city’s employee census and earnings have changed, with staff figured using the sheriff’s department was the most department prisoner transfer bus can seat the largest a corresponding increase in premiums. inexpensive option. probable number of SMPD arrestees, according to city The SMPD considered having the court hold arraign- documents. SMPD would be required to provide security MORE INFORMATION NEEDED ments via video, but the logistics and costs were too high. for loading of the sheriff’s department bus, and would be Arraignments could be conducted through a video link responsible for the custody of all arrestees until they The $72,000 contract with Matrix Consulting Group, between the jail and a designated courtroom. SMPD staff were physically on the bus. which is evaluating the uilding department’s inefficiencies, would be required to outfit and service at least three areas in may get another $2,250 tacked onto it. 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I was orphaned at the age of 10 and dumped on some distant cousins. After sever- Offended by disrespect al years of not being able to do anything right or worthy in their eyes, I ran away and Editor: was put in foster care. I’m a lifelong Democrat who did not vote for Ronald Reagan for either governor or I was not taught one living skill by any adult. I hadn’t a clue how to have a banking president. And I often disagreed with some of his conservative opinions and policies. account and balance it. I hadn’t the self esteem to get a job. I was lost socially because That said, I nevertheless had a deep and enduring respect for Mr. Reagan as a public ser- I had no roots. When I left foster care I was 17 years old with just a high school edu- vant who made an important and lasting contribution to our state, nation and the world. cation and no money. I struck out into the world on my own. In the dead of winter, I And that is why I was terribly offended by two of your headlines in today’s paper slept in the doorways of businesses in a small farming community located in upstate (SMDP, June 7, page 1) concerning the time Mr. Reagan’s body was laying in a local New York. I needed parental permission to get housing, but I had no parents. I needed mortuary while being prepared for burial. references to get a job but had no family to vouch for me. I would have used my fos- Only in a city like Santa Monica, which is overrun by mean-spirited liberals, ter parents as references. Unfortunately, they convinced me I wasn’t the sharpest pen- would a newspaper run a headline that likened this solemn occasion to a “Presidential cil in the box. I don’t believe I would have received a glowing reference from them. circus,” or in another headline suggest that “Funeral home seals Reagan legacy.” I was even more certain that no one would hire me. I tested for the Army and the There was nothing circus like about the occasion. Rather, there was a heartfelt and Navy but never followed through. (A good thing because I had major issues with respectful outpouring of sympathy for the family and remembrance for an important authority). I had myself declared an emancipated minor and worked a furniture fac- national and world leader by the young and old, and by those who supported Mr. tory job for a short while, but it was hard labor, loading wood into different molding Reagan and those who did not. And you are quite wrong. Mr. Reagan’s legacy is not machines and saws. I skipped work like I skipped school and was let go. I floated going to be sealed in a funeral home, as your insulting headline suggested, but his lega- around for a year or more, always looking to escape but had no where to escape to. I cy is sealed and honored and will live on in the history of this nation and the world. ended up getting pregnant and having a son. Though I didn’t care if I was homeless You owe all of us a sincere apology. Your depiction of Mr. Reagan did not afford (because I didn’t care about me), I fought to make a home for him. him the dignity and respect he earned and deserves. I spent years in tears trying to do what was right for my son. Remember, I had no life skills, no one to turn to and “ask how do you do this?” I lived by my mistakes, Saul Cohen and my son suffered my poverty. After eight years of ruining my life and my son’s Santa Monica life, I went to the Catholic church and told the nuns all that had happened. I pleaded with them to find a righteous home for my son. He was adopted under open adoption so I could know he was doing well and he would know that I did not abandon him but Respect lost by headline gave him a life he deserved. He is 27 years old now and father of two. A good man Editor: just as he was a good son. A man I am proud of and a son well loved. And my social Your article caption “Presidential circus comes to town” (SMDP, June 7, page 1) is and economical superior. a flippant way to refer to the funeral arrangements for any human being, ex-president For me I still struggle in my poverty. I work low-wage jobs, often trading work for or not. Whether or not you agree with some of his politics, more respect is warranted. a place to stay, or some other daily need. I have worked 100-hour weeks to have a bed and a meal — nothing more. I live in a residential hotel right now and any second I Sunny Kreis could be homeless. Today I worked 10 hours and came home with $5 after expenses. Santa Monica Laziness is not my problem. It is not having a stable life. I have moved about 80 times in my life. I have no family, no one to give a good report of me and my life. I pay cash for everything. I have never had a credit card because I do not have banking accounts. Staying off the street I wish I could say there is a happy ending —that I became a brilliant lawyer or a Editor: renowned doctor, but the truth is I just make it from one day to the next. I am forev- Since I read the first response to the story on the young couple who is homeless in er facing the prospect of being homeless. It is one illness or struggle away. It is a hard Santa Monica I have wanted to write (SMDP, May 24, page 1). This is my story of being young and homeless. See LETTERS, page 7 City Hall perpetuates the problem of homelessness appealing than the status quo. homeless ordinances. Again, relocating to have to do more than simply offering There seems to be two schools of the homeless from location to location or food programs and implementing law DOSE OF thought concerning the city’s response to city to city is not a solution. It’s a perpet- enforcement initiatives. They are going to the homeless situation: City Hall is doing uation of the problem and it’s a cowardly have to understand the people who live on REALITY too much to help the homeless and has way to deal with this issue. Let’s not pass their streets and determine why they are BY MATTHEW GLASSER therefore become the community of the buck. Santa Monica has a history of homeless. Only then will we be able to choice for the homeless. Or City Hall progressive thinking and social action. make progress in improving the lives of doesn’t do enough to help the homeless They should use it to help those in need. those living on the streets. hat comes to mind when and should be more concerned about this The problem is that Santa Monica has you think about life in If someone is homeless because they portion of the population. been looking for a simple solution to an can’t afford rent, the solution is to provide Santa Monica? Do you While the two sides spend their time incredibly difficult dilemma. revel in the beauty of its these folks with affordable housing and arguing who is correct, the homeless con- Homelessness isn’t a lifestyle — except job training. If they are addicted to drugs beaches and its wonder- tinue to be homeless and the rest of the for those still following the remaining fulW weather? Do you ponder the plethora and alcohol, the city will have to get them community continues to deal with the members of the Grateful Dead. People are of leisure time activities? Judging from off those drugs and teach them how to consequences of living with a large home- generally homeless for one of three rea- make a living. And if they are mentally ill, many of the articles and letters that grace less population in their backyard. sons: They can’t afford a place to live, we need to make the tough decision to the pages of this paper, many of you Here’s my take on the situation. City they are addicted to drugs and alcohol and equate Santa Monica with homelessness. Hall is doing too much of the wrong thing spend their money on those vices, or they institutionalize them until they can be The reality is that Santa Monica is a and not enough of the right thing when it are mentally ill and incapable of living a treated by medical professionals. great town if you are homeless. The city has comes to really solving the homeless situ- normal life without medical assistance. Unfortunately, even with the best great weather, an abundance of places to ation. Passing out food at the park may A few years ago, City Hall conducted a intentions, there are those who will sleep, tons of tourists and visitors who will- make us feel good about ourselves, but it census of the homeless population. They choose not to get help and will continue to ingly donate their spare change, and plenty only perpetuates the problem. These pro- found that more than 1,000 people were be homeless. Santa Monica will never of restaurants who dump their left over food grams don’t address the root causes of homeless and living in the city limits. But completely solve the problem. But if it in places that are easily accessible. homelessness and they don’t do a thing to they didn’t take the time to find out why understands the people behind the home- Even if City Hall ended all of its public help people improve their lives. It offers these 1,000 people were homeless. They less label and develops programs that and private social service programs that the homeless their next meal and little else. missed a great opportunity to understand actually offer these people a future, they feed and assist the homeless, the city Some argue that law enforcement does- the causes of homelessness. And as a may actually make a significant dent in would still have a lot to offer to those who n’t do enough to move the homeless out of result, they are now unable to develop the size of the homeless population. are destitute. So if you want to end the Santa Monica, while others believe that solutions to address those causes. problem of homelessness, you will have they should adopt a “live and let live” phi- If Santa Monica wants to solve its (Matthew Glasser can be reached by e- to offer the homeless something more losophy when it comes to enforcing homeless situation then officials are going mail at [email protected]).

OPINIONS EXPRESSED are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Santa Monica Daily Press staff. Guest editorials from residents are encouraged, as are letters to the editor. Letters will be published on a space-available basis. It is our intention to publish all letters we receive, except those that are libelous or are unsigned. Preference will be given to those that are e-mailed to [email protected]. All letters must include the author’s name and telephone number for purposes of verification. Letters also may be mailed to our offices located at 1427 Third Street Promenade, Suite 202, Santa Monica, 90401, or faxed to (310) 576-9913. All letters and guest editorials are subject to editing for space and content. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Tuesday, June 8, 2004 ❑ Page 7 OPINION

on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica giving out political bumper stickers, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR buttons and literature. Mr. Glasser says, “This brings me back to the activists who I always seem to run LETTERS, from page 6 into on the Promenade. Some people call these anti-war folks liberals or Democrats. But I think that’s being unfair to the left. These people are so far left that they’ve life with little or no reward. For some born into this world, this is just life. almost come full circle. You know the types I’m talking about. These folks who com- The letters I read were a spit-in-the-face of that young couple. Not one word of pare President Bush to Hitler. Or claim that he is worse than Saddam Hussein. They encouragement, not one job offer, not one suggestion on how to move forward, not are the ones who believe we deserve what happened on 9-11 because of our foreign one realistic goal for them to obtain. policy. In fact, some of them have such contempt for our country that compare our I heard a young man in pain searching for his rightful place in this world, strug- fighting men and women to terrorists. And they wonder why they are so out of touch gling to balance the insecurity of youth in a world of elders. Perhaps you have to be with the majority of the population. I am sure many of them would fit right in France. there to understand. I guess the people who don’t believe that violence and war are ever necessary never spent much time studying history.” Linda Deskin First let me say that I love my country. Secondly, I am not a pacifist and realize unfor- Santa Monica tunately wars may have to be fought. But, make no mistake about it, I don’t believe this war with Iraq was justified. The Bush administration has misled the American people from day one. Let me state the facts. There are no weapons of mass destruction. There Who’s the monster? was never a connection with Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on 9-11. There was no Editor: mobile biological weapons labs in Iraq. Secretary of State Colin Powell says, “the CIA In his June 1 column, Matthew Glasser forcefully argued that the war against Iraq was wrong about the presence of mobile biological weapons labs in Iraq before the inva- was justified even if weapons of mass destruction are never found. Saddam Hussein sion by U.S.-led coalition forces last year. In the case of the mobile trucks and trains there was enough, he said. “Hussein wasn’t going to stop his campaign of terror until some stood up to him.” was a multiple sourcing for that. Unfortunately, that multiple sourcing over time has Glasser also goes on to cite other 20th century and 21st century “monsters,” includ- turned out to be not accurate.” (NBC’s Meet the Press, Sunday, May 16, 2004) ing Mao Tze Dong of China and Pol Pot of Cambodia, who could warrant war. And I asked Mr. Glasser, do you remember the American Revolution? A war I Yet Glasser doesn’t include the U.S. in his list of countries producing “monsters.” agreed with and felt was justified for the young Americans. The French were our allies What about the women and children who were slaughtered by American soldiers dur- and as a matter of fact, helped the Americans defeat the British Empire in the 1700s. ing the Viet Nam conflict? Or what about what happened at the Abu Ghrai and other I say just because the French don’t agree with this war in Iraq is no reason to bash or prisons in Iraq as well as those in Afghanistan? Although these actions probably hate them. Personally I say, “Viva La France,” for being a good and honest friend to would not result in war, they may generate hostility intense enough to lead to con- the USA in these difficult times. flicts. No country can be excluded from those that grow “monsters.” Furthermore, we activists have never said Mr. Hussein was a nice guy. He is an evil human being who does not care about his people or the country of Iraq. But don’t for- Joanne Gamlin get the CIA helped Saddam Hussein with the war with Iran in the ‘80s, and the CIA Los Angeles knew Saddam Hussein was using biological weapons against Iran. In closing, I would like to say Mr. Glasser, you are always welcome to stop by my table and share your political views, but please do not stereotype me. I am an indi- vidual who thinks for himself and is not afraid to go against the mainstream with his Power to the people political views. Also, I never said I had the answer to these complicated questions. But Editor: I will continue to scream and shout and expose George W. Bush and his evil empire “A patriot must be ready to defend their country against its government.” — for the lies he tells to the American people. Edward Abby Power to the people. I would like to respond to Mr. Glasser’s article which appeared in Tuesday, June 1, 2004 in the Santa Monica Daily Press. Vincent Garofalo My name is Vincent Garofalo and I am one of the two political activist who works Santa Monica Business development first starts with a plan time they will now have as their own boss. what they will, or won’t, allow. There is a do we make money?” Once I have identi- These numbers are complete fantasy form that allows a company to get a pay- fied an ability, and a need, it becomes evi- LEGAL NEWS land and will be ignored. ment number from Medicare. That form dent that we must look at the financial & VIEWS Primary in any inquiry is the question sets out the parameters of what is needed. aspects of this project. What can we charge of, “is this company doing a legal busi- I read through the form, and since it didn’t and who will pay for it are key questions. BY DAVID PISARRA ness?” You’d be surprised how many require a doctors name as the owner, we This is where competition comes into play. times I am asked to partake in a venture were allowed to move forward. There are other companies out there who do that is illegal. Now that I know the company is a the test, but what do they charge? Since this requently I am approached by In the subject case, I was approached legally viable business, I need to find out people who want to start a busi- is a test that Medicare will reimburse, they about starting a medical testing company. if it is economically viable. To do this, we have a dollar amount that they pay. There is ness. They come to me, hat in This company will test subjects for a con- look at the potential market for the serv- hand, with an idea, a dream and no negotiation on this point with Medicare, dition in a non-invasive (this is crucial) ice. This particular medical test is for a so that price is fixed. The insurance compa- want to know where to start. So manner. Meaning no blood, no needles, no sleeping problem. So conceivably every- FI am going to do a series on a company nies will pay a higher price but they have little cups, just a person having some one who sleeps is a potential patient. But their own limits on what they will pay. We that I started and own a large piece of, but measurements taken, and then a doctor that is an unrealistic number. I had to will change the names and particulars to had to determine what the price points were reviews the results and makes a diagnosis. come down to what the real numbers are for those two revenue sources and build the avoid any impropriety I will take from my There are other companies doing this so I can determine how many we can real world experiences. pricing structure into a model. so I wanted to be sure of several facts with expect to see as potential patients. We knew that we had certain fixed The first step in any new business is the the first being that ownership would be The condition we are testing for is costs, such as rent, staffing costs, a tax business plan. This is the blueprint for allowed for non-medical doctors. This is sleep apnea. It is where a person stops burden on the staff, utilities, equipment how the company is to begin and then where the research part of a business breathing in the middle of their sleep. It is grow. It really is a large document, made lawyer’s life takes off. I had to find out a potentially fatal disease that contributes leasing, marketing materials, and admin- up of many smaller documents that all fit who would regulate this. The Medical to heart disease but in most cases, renders istration costs. We also had certain start up together. It starts with an executive sum- Board of California is a good starting people tired all the time, which can lead to costs, such as incorporation fees, Web site mary of what type of business is pro- point, and they said it was not a require- dangerous driving, premature death and purchasing, graphic design, the legal costs posed, how it will make money, what the ment that a doctor own the company, an unhealthy lifestyle. The main recogniz- of my time in doing the analysis, consult- projections are for breaking even, start up since we are not performing medical pro- able symptoms are snoring and fatigue ant fees for meeting with technicians, expenses, and where the start up capital cedures. This is why the “non-invasive” upon waking. cabling people, lease procurement costs will come from. was important. This type of business does So to do my research I began where I and the office supplies. Usually when an entrepreneur allow for ownership by non-medical doc- was taught to look — people I know and Next week I will cover in greater detail approaches me and I ask for a business tors, so that first hurdle was jumped. the man on the street. I asked questions of the above categories and how one deter- plan, I receive a very simple spreadsheet Next up would be the Federal people around me. People who are over mines what values to plug into the busi- that lists the cost of the product, how Government. Because we would be billing 30 and/or over 30 pounds overweight, are ness plan. much it will retail for, and the amount Medicare for the services we render on a higher risk group for this disease, so I they expect to sell in a week, thus show- some patients, they will have a say in what needed to look at the increase in obesity in (David Pisarra is a business develop- ing the business making a huge profit the requirements are for their vendors. The America, and an aging population as keys ment lawyer in the Santa Monica firm of from the outset. This is typical new entre- first step in dealing with the government is to what the potential market would be. It Pisarra & Grist. He welcomes your ques- preneur enthusiasm, which is usually always “fill out the form.” So by looking was big, really big. tions and comments. He can be reached at matched with a thought of how much free to the forms required, we can determine The next phase of the analysis is “how [email protected] or (310) 664-9969.) Page 8 ❑ Tuesday, June 8, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press

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Montana Avenue Branch Library – 1704 Prenatal yoga – 9:15 – 10:45 a.m., $13 Parents are invited to join their children in an Toddler Story Time – 11:15 a.m., for 2 year – 1 p.m Private sessions available; call Kate Fairview Branch Library – 2101 Ocean Montana Ave – 310-829-7081. Mommy Care – 11870 Santa Monica Blvd. outdoor, drop-in workshop. Create master- olds. Thomas, RN – 408-1717 Park Blvd – 310-450-0443. Toddler Story Time – 10:15 a.m., for 2 year pieces and visit others in the gallery. Free Ocean Park Branch Library – 2601 Main Prenatal Breath and Movement – a at the Dance Factory, West LA, 394-6711; Cuentos Para Pequenos – 10:00 a.m., next olds. Continuum Movement and Yoga-based pro- Pregnancy Exercise – 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.; Post admission, $5 parking. session is June 22 – Aug. 10. Six-week series St. –392-3804. Preschool Story Time – 11:15 a.m.; for 3- gram designed to support women through Partum Exercise – 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. (babies Family Room Patio, 1200 Getty Center Dr., in Spanish for 24 – 36 month olds with adult. Preschool Twilight Story Time – 7:00 – 5 year olds. various sound and movement explorations welcome, includes baby massage and work- 440-7330, www.getty.edu. Lap Time – 11:00 a.m, next session is June 7:30 p.m. Parents/children ages 3-5. Ocean Park Branch Library – 2601 Main that celebrate pregnancy and labor as power- out at the end) 22 – Aug. 10. Six-week series for babies 0-24 Barnes and Noble, Westside Pavilion – 2 St. – 310-392-3804. ful rites of passage. 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. months, co-sponsored by the SMMUSD Infant Lap Time – 9:20 & 10:20 a.m. ,next session Ocean Oasis Day Spa, 1333 Ocean Avenue, MONDAY, JUNE 14 – End of the Year pm – ages 2-5 – 310-475-4144 With Deborah Raoult at the Continuum and Family Support Programs. July 8 – Aug. 12). 6-week series for babies 0- 458-8190. Pre/Post Natal Yoga/Gentle Flow – Potluck at Family Connections Border’s, Westwood – 11am – 310-475- Studio, 1629 18th St., #7. For more info call Twilight Story Time -7pm – an ongoing 24 months, co-sponsored by SMMUSD Infant 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.; Yoga for Fitness – noon 10:00 –11:30 a.m., Joslyn Park Craft Room, 633 3444. 625-3739, www.openskymovement.com. program for 3-5 year olds. & Family Support Program. – 1 p.m. Private sessions available; call Kate Kensington Rd, Santa Monica. Montana Avenue Branch Library – 1704 $108 for a six-week session. Thomas, RN – 408-1717 The Infant and Family Support Program’s Montana Ave – 310-829-7081. Yoga & Exercise Yoga & Exercise Family Connections will be taking a summer Family Story Time – 7:00 p.m., all ages. Yoga Baby (Venice) – 310-306-9381 – Prenatal Aqua Aerobics at the Santa June 12 Ocean Park Branch Library – 2601 Main break, so come out and bring your favorite Mommy & Me (ages 0-5 years) – 10 – 11 Monica YMCA Nature Walks - Children’s Nature Institute – St. – 310-392-3804. goodies to share with other moms, dads, care- 7:30 – 8:30 p.m; Free for members, non- all begin at 10:00 a.m. Toddler Storytime, 10:00 and 10:30. a.m.; (infants only) – 1 – 2 p.m.. Pre-natal MONDAY givers and children at the last session. This members $90 for 10 classes. (also Tuesdays at Temescal Canyon, 15601 Sunset Blvd, Music, rhymes and stories for 24-36 month yoga – 11:15 a.m. – 12 :30 p.m. series of weekly-discussions by well-respected Pacific Palisades olds with adult. Register now for the next Yoga Works, 2215 Montana Ave, 310-393- 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.) Storytelling voices in fields related to early childhood session beginning June 8th. 5150 Pre/Postnatal – 12:15 – 1:45pm, $15 393-2721. ext. 117 for more info. Malibu Lagoon, 23200 PCH, Malibu Yoga Baby (Venice) – 310-306-9381 – Main Library – Lap Time at Joslyn Park, development is free and a wonderful place to Tiny Tuesday Storytime at Storyopolis Ocean Oasis Day Spa, 1333 Ocean Avenue, Red Rock Canyon, 23601 Red Rock Rd., Old Mommy & Me (ages 0-5 years) – 10 – 11 Topanga meet other families. Check back here for new Themes change weekly; for ages infant to 3. 458-8190. Pre/Post Natal Yoga/Gentle Flow 9:30 a.m., Jan. 5 – June 4 (no class May 31). a.m.; Pre-natal yoga – 7- 8:15 p.m. Reservations required - 310-998-1151 or program dates. Call 452-6132 for more info. 11:00 a.m. 116 North Robertson, Plaza A, LA. – 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Private sessions available; Ages 0-24 months with adult in conjunction 310-358-2500, www.storyopolis.com Yoga Works – 2215 Montana Ave, 310-393- www.childrensnatureinstitute.org call Kate Thomas, RN – 408-1717 with the Infant and Family Support program Barnes and Noble at the Grove 5150; Pre/postnatal – 12:15 – 1:40 p.m., The YMCA is currently accepting registration $15. Mommy and Me – 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. of SMMUSD. Storytime for ages 2 – 6. 10:00 a.m. 189 “Family Connections” – 10:00 a.m., Other for the summer session of programs for Grove Drive, LA, 323-525-0270 Breastfeeding Group Mommy Care – 11870 Santa Monica Blvd, infants, toddlers and children, including Parent at the Dance Factory, West LA, 310-394- immediately following Lap Time – this is the Snowhite, a brand new musical The Pump Station, 2415 Wilshire Blvd., and Me Gym/Swim, Toddler Time, Tiny 6711. Pregnancy Exercise – 9:15 – 10:15 last meeting of this session. See Special Yoga & Exercise 310-826-5774, no pre-reg required, first class a.m.; Post Partum Exercise – 10:15 – 11:15 for kids of all ages, at the Santa Tumblers and more. Call 393-2721 or stop by Events section for Potluck details. Prenatal Aqua Aerobics at the Santa a.m. (babies welcome, includes baby massage Monica Playhouse free, $10 fee thereafter. Moms/babies 0-4 Ocean Park Branch Library – 2601 Main the YMCA at 1332 6th St. for more info. Monica YMCA and workout at the end) Saturdays & Sundays at 12:30 & 3:00 months, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Street, 310-392-3804. 10:00 – 11:00 a.m and 7:30 – 8:30 p.m; Free p.m. thru Sept. 26, $12 adults, $10 kids The YWCA is currently accepting registration for members, non-members $90 for 10 class- Breastfeeding Group “Spanish for Little Ones”, 11:15 a.m., es. (also Thursday nights 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.) Other call for next session dates. ages 12 & under. 394-9779 ext. 1 for for a variety of summer programs for women The Pump Station, 2415 Wilshire Blvd., and children including Mommy and Me, 393-2721. ext. 117 for more info. Puppetolio – 1:00 p.m., 310-656-0483, Barnes and Noble, 3rd St. Promenade – reservations, www.santamonicaplay- Itsy-Bitsy Yoga at Ocean Oasis Day Spa, 310-826-5774 - no pre-reg required, first Pilates, dance, crafts, tumbling and more. Pick 1255 2nd St., ages 3 & up, reservations sug- class free, $10 fee thereafter. Moms/babies 4- Toddler Story Time – 10am – 310-260-9110 house.com 1333 Ocean Ave. gested Puppetolio – 1:00 and 3:00pm, 310- up a brochure for more info. 2019 14th St., *New session start today! Tots (crawling to 8 months, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 452-3881 24 months) – 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Babies (6 Breastfeeding Group 656-0483, 1255 2nd St., ages 3 & up, wks. to pre-crawling) – 11:30 – 12:30 a.m. The Pump Station, 2415 Wilshire Blvd., reservations suggested On-going 6-week series; $120. Pre-register at SUMMER CAMPS, SWIM and COMMUNI- Main Street Farmer’s Market – 9:30 a.m. – 310-826-5774 - no pre-reg required, first Magicopolis – 2 and 8 p.m., 1418 458-8190; visit www.khefri.net for more info TY CLASSES offered by the City of Santa SUNDAY 1:00 p.m., corner of Main St. and Ocean Park class free, $10 fee thereafter. Moms/babies 4th St., Admission is $20 for evening, Monica. The city provides children of all ages or contact [email protected]. Blvd. Pony rides, live music, lots of vendors and Yoga Baby (Venice) – 310-306-9381 – 0-4 months, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. $15 for matinee. Call 310-451-2241 with a variety of recreation enrichment activi- Snowhite, a brand new musical for kids of great family socializing. Mommy & Me (ages 0-5 years) – 10 – 11 for info. all ages, at the Santa Monica Playhouse Puppetolio – 1:00 and 3:00pm, 310-656- ties including camps, sports, dancing, crafts a.m.; Pre-natal yoga – 7- 8:15 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays at 12:30 & 3:00 p.m. thru 0483, 1255 2nd St., ages 3 & up, reservations Yoga & Exercise Precious Prints – Ceramic Heirlooms and yoga. For details pick-up a brochure at Yoga Works – 2215 Montana Ave, 310-393- Sept. 26, $12 adults, $10 kids ages 12 & under. suggested for a Lifetime Joslyn or Reed Park, or call 458-2239. 5150; Pre/postnatal – 12:15 – 1:40 p.m., Yoga Works, 2215 Montana Ave, 310-393- $15. Mommy and Me – 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. 394-9779 ext. 1 for reservations, www.santa- Magicopolis – 2 p.m., 1418 4th St., Admission is 5150 Pre/Postnatal – 12:15 – 1:45pm, $15 Second Saturday every month at monicaplayhouse.com $15. Call 310-451-2241 for info. PARENTING WORKSHOP – Falling in Love Mommy Care – 11870 Santa Monica Blvd, at Yoga Garden, - Restorative yoga for pre/post- The Pump Station, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. and Staying in Love with your Kids the Dance Factory, West LA, 310-394-6711. natal – 6:30 p.m., 310-450-0133. Contact Kristan Ritchie at 310-802- Pregnancy Exercise – 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.; Post www.yogagardenstudios.com 8013 or visit www.preciousprintsstu- Saturday, July 10, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Partum Exercise – 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. (babies Skirball Cultural Center, LA. welcome, includes baby massage and work- Yoga Baby (Venice) – 310-306-9381 – dios.com for more info. Register now for this parent training course out at the end) Mommy & Me (ages 0-5 years) – 10 – 11 conducted by Connie Lillas Ph.D. MFT, RN, a.m.; (infants only) – 1 – 2 p.m.. Pre-natal Breastfeeding parent, nurse, marriage, family and child ther- yoga – 11:15 a.m. – 12 :30 p.m. Breastfeeding Group Working Mother’s Support Group apist and psychoanalyst. Keynote Address by The Pump Station, 2415 Wilshire Blvd., Ocean Oasis Day Spa, 1333 Ocean Mary Hartzell: Raising a Child to Thrive – It’s 310-826-5774 - no pre-reg required, first Avenue, 458-8190. Pre/Post Natal The Pump Station, 2415 Wilshire All About Relationship. To register call 888- class free, $10 fee thereafter. Moms/babies 0- Yoga/Gentle Flow – 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.; Blvd. - 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., $12 fee, 992-9199 from 7:30 a.m. – noon. Limited to 4 months, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Yoga for Fitness – noon – 1 p.m. Private ses- led by Ilka Sternberger, certified lacta- 175 people, first come/first served. sions available; call Kate Thomas, RN – 408- tion educator. Call 826-5774 for more $40 includes training, parking, coffee and lunch. 1717 info. Page 10 ❑ Tuesday, June 8, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press STATE Reagan remembered for his grace and humor REAGAN, from page 1 Reagan Presidential Library, where the body of the nation’s 40th president will lie in repose through Tuesday before traveling to Washington. After Friday’s state funeral, the body will return to California for a hilltop burial service at sunset. A Marine Corps band played “Hail to the Chief” as eight armed forces members carried the casket into the presidential library, past a 10-foot-tall sculpture titled “After the Ride” depicting Reagan as a smiling cowboy with a Stetson in his hand. The journey began in Santa Monica at Gates Kingsley & Gates Moeller-Murphy Funeral Home, where the mahogany casket was placed aboard a hearse for a 40- mile drive to the library in Simi Valley. Clusters of people watched from overpasses and road- sides as the motorcade headed north, then west on the Ronald Reagan Freeway, its path cleared by motorcycle officers. One banner hung along the route declared, “God bless you Ronald & Nancy.” Another proclaimed, “God bless the Gipper.” Flags at half-staff fluttered under an overcast sky as the casket was carried into the library rotunda before a brief fam- ily service. “As we were in procession, I couldn’t help but think of the love and the outpouring that has begun in the nation for a great president, a great world leader and a faithful servant of almighty God,” said the Rev. Michael Wenning, retired senior pastor at Bel Air Presbyterian Church, where Reagan had worshipped. When the service ended, Mrs. Reagan, dressed in a black suit and pearls, walked to the casket, placing her left cheek against the flag’s field of stars. Her daughter, Patti Davis, hugged her tightly and other family members Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press The hearse carrying the former president’s body leaves Santa Monica and heads to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. 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Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press Colleen and Michael Reagan on Monday read the notes left at a memorial honoring the former president, which were placed in front of a Santa Monica funeral home.

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OTHER RATES: For information about the professional services directory or clas- sified display ads, please call our office at (310)458-7737. Page 16 ❑ Tuesday, June 8, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Melbourne may get a new a Highway to Hell By The Associated Press be a first for music director Larry Buick Open charity auction. The auction ■ LONDON — Alex Kingston says Rachleff, who was appointed in late 2002. was held May 27 through Saturday on she’s being axed from “ER” for being too ■ MELBOURNE, Australia — The Twelve classical programs were sched- eBay. The winner, whose name was not old. Australian rock band that belted out uled, down from 16 in recent seasons. The yet known, has until June 19 to claim the The British actress, who plays Dr. “Highway to Hell” could soon stroll symphony also has planned eight pops prize. down a lane named in their honor. Elizabeth Corday on the long-running concerts, four weeks of Young People’s The winner will play with Woods at NBC medical drama, said she was told The Melbourne City Council is con- Concerts and a two-week run of “The the 2004 Buick Open Pro-Am on July 28 sidering renaming Corporation Lane, a recently that after seven years on the Nutcracker” with Ballet San Antonio. or at the next Buick-sponsored golf tour- narrow downtown alley, AC/DC Lane as show, her contract would not be renewed. nament in which Woods plays, Buick a tribute to the band. In an interview with Radio Times ■ CANBERRA, Australia — Peter Open spokesman Al Abrams said “They are probably the most success- magazine, the 41-year-old Kingston said ful Australian band ever and they really Garrett, the former lead singer of the dis- Sunday. the program was increasingly focused on do have a connection to Melbourne,” banded Australian rock group Midnight Woods has not committed to play in young characters, “and apparently I, council city services committee chair- Oil, has been touted to run in the next this year’s Buick Open. He won in 2002 according to the producers and the writ- woman Kimberly Kitching said Monday. federal election. and tied for second last year. ers, am part of the old fogies who are no The Buick Open is July 26-Aug. 1 at One of the band’s famous video clips, Sunday newspapers gave front page longer interesting.” coverage to the prospect of Garrett, a Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in for the song “Long Way to the Top,” was “In that respect it’s a shame. It’s fine leading environmentalist and longtime Grand Blanc. filmed on the back of a truck in a to have young med students, but you Melbourne street. political activist, becoming the highest profile candidate for the safe Labor Party ■ WASHINGTON — Washington need to have figures of authority, people She said the council would make a of different ages, races, shapes and decision on the name change within the seat of Kingsford Smith in Sydney. Redskins coach Joe Gibbs remembered Garrett could not be contacted for Ronald Reagan as a man who had “guts.” sizes,” she said. next month, but it had already received Kingston said being let go “was a broad community support. comment Monday. “I mean, he made a lot of decisions that Labor leaders have welcomed the pos- nobody thought was right, and he said, shock and obviously upsetting, but it’s just your ego that’s upset. Then I got over it.” ■ SAN ANTONIO — The silence is sibility of Garrett joining their team and ‘We’re sticking to it’,” Gibbs said Sunday. The actress, who starred as a warrior ending for the San Antonio Symphony, bringing with him crucial environment- “I think you’ve got to admire him, and that which plans to play its first post-bank- focussed voters. he really did change the face of the world.” queen in the British drama “Boudica” last ruptcy concert on Sept. 17. Prime Minister John Howard has yet The White House twice hosted the year, said she plans to return to Britain The symphony canceled its 2003-04 to announce an election date which could Redskins as Super Bowl champions during for film and television work. season last May and filed for bankruptcy be as early as August 7. Reagan’s time in office _ in 1983 and 1988. “Scariness comes from not knowing protection, blaming its financial troubles Television footage from the 1988 whether I can do it anymore, because on a poor economy and reduced gifts ■ GRAND BLANC, Mich. — meeting showed Reagan connecting on a I’ve been playing one role for so long,” from donors. Here’s a playing partner who doesn’t pass to receiver Ricky Sanders as he she said. 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